Hi! You can find the simple sky material that I use inside the video at 2:34, replicate that shader graph or a similar one and make a material instance out of it and you got the same setup I use. The directional light is not linked to the sky, in this example the sky is a static emissive material. If your are talking about how I setup the skylight, you can find that at 3:36. Hope that helps! Anything else, let me know.

@@Dominik_Hildner thank you for you kind answer man . Sure ill let you know in case i need a help 🙏

Thank you for your kind words :)

What comes to mind. . . Did you scale the sky sphere to 15000, and is the skylight realtime capture mode on? I am not 100% sure what you mena. . . What is dark? A object you place inside the scene is not lit by the skylight? Or it has black reflections? What object are you placing, what material is in it. This could be so many different things causing issues like that

@@Dominik_Hildner the sky sphere solved this problem thanks :) i mean that for example the chrome balls inside my skysphere didnt reflect the hdri, they were dark

As with all things materials and overlapping, the simpler the shader and lower the number of actors, the cheaper the perf cost will be. Hard to make a general statement here, but the volumetric system itself comes from an already existing actor thats probably in your scene already (exp. height fog), we are simply adding data to the existing grid using the shader. Will scale with volumetric grid resolution also, but as a rule of thumb regarding performance: Try to keep the amount of overlapping shapes to a minimum. Also, if you have multiple shapes behinde each other in the line of sight, this will add aditional complexity to the individual pixels. It can be cheap or expensive depending on how its used. To know you need to do a profiling comparison to see the impact on your specific scene.

Hi! So there are multiple ways to do this. You can follow the mentioned tutorial and create your own custom volume material (also used in parts of this video) or yes, there are also excellent BPs you can get on the Marketplace. Both options work and you can find links to them in the video description.

@@Dominik_Hildner thank you, subed :)

Thanks for your kind words! I plan to make many more videos like this with a focus on the actual lighting process rather than just showing step by step what to do. More like a WHY I do things rather than just WHAT I do, if that makes sense?

Hope it helps! but yeah, I also struggled a lot with this, and still am. Especially these fully overcast foggy days are quite the challenge to portrait

Hi! I am sorry about this, should have mentioned it in the video. To get access to the "Editor" Actors in Unreal, you need to enable it in the Content Browser Settings. Head to settings (inside the content Browser window on the right top side) - Show Engine Content. This way you get visibility on ALL the Engine contents. Hope that helps.

Any particular reason to use SkySphere and Skylight separately instead of HDRIBackdrop? @@Dominik_Hildner

Could have been found with a simple google search :)

You are very welcome!

Thanks for the kind words! I really enjoy making them so yeah, there will be more coming in the future :)

Thanks a lot! And yes, I will! Having a blast making these.

@@Dominik_Hildner hell yeah I shared your videos with my dev team today 👍

You are very welcome!

Working on it, should be ready in the next couple of days! :)

Thanks for your kind words! I use a very similar workflow for my fog on most maps I work on. I am currently prepping a video about this, should be ready in the next days!

hm, not really. You can think of it like a database that stores color values that you can create and use in your project. . . instead of hand picking a color every time for every light, or having to past color from one light to another etc. Hope that helps explain it a bit better

You are very welcome!

Facts! I didn't know you could save the palette. I'm going to test if there is a way to export them for future project use.

@@TheDeathbyPurple you can. The templates get saved inside the project config folder in a per Project user ini that can be found here: Saved\Config\WindowsEditor\EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini Inside the ini you can search for [ColorThemes] and copy paste that section from one project ini to another. Additionally you could also edit the entries there, while doing so in editor is the far better option. It usually gets added at the bottom of the file. Hope that helps!

Thank you, appreciate it!

Hi! Are you interested in fog from the forest scene, or the cyberpunk hallway? Or both :)

both🥰@@Dominik_Hildner

Hi! For the spruce forest I primarily used this pack by Dekogon that you can find here: www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/foliage-vol-4-spruce-trees-nanite-and-low-poly/reviews

Hi, glad you like it! For the spruce forest I primarily used this pack by Dekogon that you can find here: www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/foliage-vol-4-spruce-trees-nanite-and-low-poly/reviews I have been on the lookout for good evergreen trees to use for a while now, and these are excellent for my needs. Their Pine trees are also very nice imo. www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/foliage-vol-2-pines-nanite-and-low-poly

Not sure what you mean?

Hey! The templates get saved inside the project config folder in a per Project user ini that can be found here: Saved\Config\WindowsEditor\EditorPerProjectUserSettings.ini Inside the ini you can search for [ColorThemes] and copy paste that section from one project ini to another. Additionally you could also edit the entries there, while doing so in editor is the far better option. It usually gets added at the bottom of the file. Hope that helps!

Hi! I am currently preparing a series of videos showcasing and explaining how to set up and light different weather and time of day scenarios - including a video about this kind of foggy moody overcast weather. So yes, more on this fog comming soon!

thanks, I will waiting this @@Dominik_Hildner

+1

Waiting for the tuto too !

​@Dominik_Hildner I don't usually subscribe to channels with so few videos (just keeps the dead and abandoned channels down in my account), but damn these are good! I really am looking forward to your fog and settings video. I'd also spend a few bucks on lighting color pallettes on gumroad. You've done the research, and that's worth paying for to me. Saves me having to look up what color temp mercury vapor lights are.

I really enjoyed making it! Thanks ;)

You are very welcome! ;)

Oh thank you for the kind words! And yes, I agree, more work on the Animations would have benefited the video, especially in the wide shot with the Character. But as this video was born out of a Lighting and Environment Art practice, I really focussed on the mood and feel of the scene, right in my comfort zone as a Lighting Artist. ;) That being said, I am more and more looking into crafting videos of my works these days (instead of just static screenshots only). So yes, more and better animations is certainly on my list of things to improve on. 👍